63. Well, I don't think it is an age thing, but an inclination. You have to have some basis in the historical aspect of the games. It doesn't matter if they are interested in WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Civil War or any of the 16th, 17th, 18th century eras, but it does start with an interest in one or more periods. Some are only interested in one period, others in more than one. I have to use my son as an example. We started playing Tactics II, Gettysburg, various WWII titles of board games when he was about 10 years old. We played board games until he was about 21 or so, which was in the mid 1980's. However, it was not a real interest in the HISTORY of the battles, but an interest in the games, the conflict and the planning.
We played a few games of TACOPS in the early 1990's, but then wife, kids, job, etc got in the way, so we didn't play.
I have tried to get him interested, lately, but he just isn't into the HPS type systems. However, he is into the games like Medal of Honor and that type. Much less historical, but much faster paced and more of an instant proof of how you are playing. So the RTS seems to get the younger crowd. The RTS games are less about history and more into the action. The turn based games are almost the opposite.
<b><font color="gold">Ernie Sands
LtGen, CO XXIII Corps, AoO
ACWGC Cabinet member
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